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Friday, August 19, 2016

Up-and-coming
young actor Daniel Zovatto (“It Follows,” TV's “Fear the
Walking Dead”) stars in Columbia Pictures' new horror-thriller
“Don't Breathe” as Money, one of a trio of teens who break into
the house of a blind man they suspect has plenty of money hidden
away. But their plan goes dangerously wrong when their intended
victim turns out to be more frightening than they ever anticipated.

Zovatto's
character, Money, is the mpulsive, street-savvy boyfriend of Rocky,
played by Jane Levy. Money is the connection between the streets and
Alex (Dylan Minnette) and Rocky. Says Zovatto, “Basically, he is
the alpha, the muscle of the group. But he’s not one-dimensional.
There’s a lot more to him than just a gangster or a street kid. He
has a lot of layers.”

It
is Money’s street contact who tips him off to a retired army vet
rumored to have a six-figure cash settlement stashed somewhere in his
home. Money convinces his friends that this is the score to catapult
them out of their crumbling city into a sunnier life in California.

“There’s
not much money around in his neighborhood,” Zovatto says. “This
seems like a pretty sure thing. But he also enjoys the adrenaline
rush of these jobs.”

Alvarez
cast the actor on the basis of his performance in the breakout indie
horror film “It Follows.” “He is an actor that can take a role
from the page and make it his own,” says the director. “The take
he brought into the room when we were casting the role was completely
different from what everybody else was doing.”

Like
a typical hustler, Money lives in the moment. “He’s just pure
energy and anarchy,” Alvarez observes. “He knows what he wants
and he gets it. Money has a better idea of who he is than Alex, who
is still a bit confused about what he wants to do.”

Zovatto
says the “Don’t Breathe” shoot was the most fun he has ever had
at work. “Because Fede both wrote and directed, he knows all the
ins and the outs of the story and the characters, which is really
cool. At the same time he let us discover our own characters with his
guidance. He’s a really passionate guy and I love passionate
people.”

Opening
across the Philippines in August 31, “Don't Breathe” is
distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures
Releasing International.